Pen and pencil clip



Aug. 3, 1926. 1,594,410

H. L. FISCHER ET AL PEN AND PENCIL CLIP Filed April 27, 1925 Patented Aug. B, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

HOWARD FISCHER AND FRANK J. KBISTOFEK, 01 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, AS-

SIGNOBS TO BROWN 86 BIGELOW, OF 8'13. PAUL, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION 01' mnsore.

ran AND rnncrn our.

Application filed. April 27, 1925. Serial No. 26,124.

Our invention relates to pencil and penclips wherein it is desired to provide a clip to hold the pen or pencil in the pocket of the user. f

A particular feature-of our clip resides in means of attaching the same to the pencil or pen barrel and to this end we have provided a peculiar formation of a holding means which is adapted to be firmly. and rigidly secured to the pen or pencil barrel in a manner so that the clip thereto.

.A feature of our clip resides in easy means of attaching the same and in providing holding hook means which will firmly hold the clip in place when the pocket engaging 'end of the clip is ada barrel under spring tenslonsuflicient to hold the clip in place on the pencil barrel.

It is also a feature of our invention to provide a clip that can be replaced in a simple manner if it is broken, by prying u the holding plate of the clip from the bac which permits the engaging hooks to be dis-- engaged from the barrel holding the same and leaving the slottedopenings ready to receive a new clip. 7

These features, together with other ob'ects and particular form of construction our clip will be more fully set forth in the specification and claims.

In the drawing forming part of our specification:

1 Figure 1 illustrates a side view of our 0 1 v y i re 2 illustrates a perspective of the clip om the back.

Figure 3 is a central cross section of our clip and the barrel to which it is attached.

Figure 4 is a back view ofour cli illus trating a portion of the barrel to 'w 'ch it is attached, showing the holding lugs flattened to rigidly attach the clip.

Figure 5 illustrates a barrel slotted and ready for the attachment of our clip.

In the drawings our clip A is illustrated with a plate like upper end from which is held rigidly to engage the extends the clip arm 11 having the ocket engaging ball end 12, or beingform with a flat pocket engaging tongue 13.

The plate 10 forms the head of the clip A and is provided with side walls'14 which are bent approximately at right angles to the plate 10 to extend longitudinally ,along the same to form 'a channel shape, which provides the rigidity to the plate 10. The depth of the walls 14 is just sufiicient to slightly more than equal the thickness of the an 15 to which the clip A is adapted to be attached. Projecting from the walls 14 we provide a pair of hook members 16 which project forwardly from one end of the walls 14, these hooks together with the walls 14 are adapted to engage in the slots 17 formed in the barrel B, with the recess 18 formed between the hooks 16, and the plate 10 engaging over one end such as 19 of the slot 17 so that the hooks 16 project and engage beneath the ends 19 in a manner to form an engagement which holds the clip plate 10 to the barrel B.

At the rear end of the walls of 14" we provide a pair of lugs 20 which have a straight rear edge 21 which is adapted to a engage freely with the ends 22 of the slot 17 in a manner so that when the hooks 16 are slid into engagement with the ends 19 of the slots 17 the lugs 20 are drawn into the slot at the ends 22 with the edges 21 practically in'engagement with the ends 22 of the slot 17. The clip arm 11 of the clip having a spring nature causes the Tpocketenga g barrel end 12, or the tongue 13, to ar' under spring tension against the outer. surface of the barrel B. If the hooks 16 are pushed into engagement. with the ends 19'of the slot 17 and 1f the plate 10 is slightly curved away from the clip arm 11, tension is brought against the rear lugs 21 to cause them to enter into the slot 17 and to be held firmly therein by the tension of the ball or the tongue 12 and. 13 respective] In this manner our clip can be used, engaging the barrel and so as to hold the clip against disengagement therefrom, owing to its spring nature which keeps the lugs in the slot 17. a

These slots 17 are formed parallel to each other in the barrel and conform with the width of the plate 10 so that the parallel extendi side walls fit therein, together with the ugs.

The more spring tension against the fpocket engaging ends 12' or 13 the more rmly the rear end with the. lugs 20 will be held in engagement with the barrel. However, when it is desired to remove the clip A from the barrel'it is only necessary to place a knife blade under the end 24 which projects beyond the lugs 20, then by raising the lugs 20out of the slots 17 the clip can be drawn backward and disengaged from "the barrel. In this manner we provide a simple, efiective clip which is adapted to hold the barrel to which it is attached firmly in the pocket. 1

. sort a mandril into the barrel and b As a matter of safety in attaching our clip to the barrel so as to prevent itfrom coming off of the same, we, 'in some instances, in-

pressure on the outside of the plate 10 t e lugs 20 and the hooks 16 are flattened out as illustrated in Figure 4. This slides the lugs outwardly away from each other and flattens them in a manner so as to increase the size slightly, thereby preventing them from being easily removed from the slots 17. This is onl necessary so that if the clip. arm 11 should become bent out of engagement with the surface of the barrel B, and wherea steel clip is used this is not at all necessary because the ,clip arm 11 will retain its shape and keep the en aging ends 12 and 13 hearing against the arrel with sufiicient en tension to.hold the lugs 20 in the bac 22 of the'recesses 17, thus, it is impossible I to remove the clip A under these, conditions.

clip arm 11 becomes broken off, by prym It is possible to remove the plate 10 if the against the tongue end 24 with a knife blade and raising the same out ofthe slots 17, even when the lugs 16 and 20 are flattened out, thus leaving the slots open and ready to receive a new clip.

In a clip of the nature illustrated in Figure 1, we provide a pair of spring 100 s 25 made by bendin the clip back and Earth, which provide t e additional resiliency so as to hold the clip- A under live spring tension. This is an important feature of our invention.

In accordance with the atent statutes we have described the princip es of operation of our clip and while the drawings illustrate and the specifications describe a particular plate to said hooks, and a clip spring arm having a pocket engaging end adapted to .cause tension against said hooks to hold said lugs and hooks in slotted recess formed in a barrel to which the clip is attached.

2. A pen and pencil clip including a plate having a channel shaped cross section, hook means formed on one end of said plate and lug means on the other end, and a spring pocket engaging arm extending from said plate whereby said hook ends are adapted to hold said clip in attachment with a pen or pencil barrel under the spring tension of said arm against said hooks to hold said lugs pressed into the barrel to form a stop for the upper end of said clip.

3. A pocket clip including a plate like member, a spring arm extending from said plate member having spring loops formed therein, barrelengaging hook means formed projecting from one end of said plate lug members projecting from the other end of said plate whereby' when said hook means are engaged with the barrel, said spring arm is adapted to hold said lug members into engagement to form a shoulder back stop for said clip.

4:. A clip having a spring arm extending therefrom, a 'plate formed integral with said arm, parallelly disposed depending side walls from said plate, hook and lug means projecting from said side walls extending in a manner to hook said plate into engagement with a barrel, and cause said lug means to be held under spring tension in the barrel, to hold the clip against free longig of a channel shape, adapted to be attached to parallel recesses formed in a barrel, pro'cket engaging spring finger extending om said plate, a spring loop means formed in said finger, hook engaging means extend- 1ng toward said finger and positioned adj acent the attachment of the finger on said plate, and lug meansat the opposite end of the plate adapted to form stop shoulders to hold the clip to a barrel under spring tension of said finger.

6. A pocket clip including a plate like channel shaped member, depending lugs formed on one end of said plate, hook members formed on the other end of said plate,

a spring pocket engaging finger extending from said late and parallelrecesses formed in a barre adapted to receive said hooks and lugs and to hold the plate firmly attached to the barrel when said hooks and lugs are flattened in a manner to extend away from each other, While the plate is held in engagement, by projecting into and under said and projecting from one end thereof, and.

lugs formed on the other end of said side Walls, pocket engaging finger extending from said plate, said hooks and lugs on 1 said plate Walls being adapted to be flattened inside a barrel to attach said plate rigidly to the same.

' HUWARD L. FISCHER;

FRANK J. KRISTOFEK. 

